English Midterm Vocab
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- expostulate
- to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done
- vicarious
- performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another
- scourge
- to whip; lash
- soporific
- causing or tending to cause sleep
- extricate
- to free or release from entanglement
- austere
- severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding
- stringent
- rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe
- precept
- A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct.
- axiomatic
- self-evident; obvious.
- enjoin
- to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis
- sepulchral
- proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
- castigate
- to criticize or reprimand severely
- demagogue
- person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
- equitable
- characterized by equity or fairness
- transmute
- to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
- amnesty
- a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- prate
- to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble
- straitlaced
- excessively strict in conduct or morality
- restitution
- the restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered
- insurgent
- a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, esp. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
- vitriolic
- very caustic; scathing
- debase
- to reduce in quality or value; adulterate
- jaded
- worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse
- umbrage
- offense; annoyance; displeasure
- caveat
- a warning or caution; admonition
- lurid
- gruesome; horrible; revolting
- exhort
- to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently
- peculate
- to steal or take dishonestly
- crass
- without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid